Mom on the other hand tries. Lately, she’s been working on old and new stories and submitting them to Rate Your Story

Could be better (1), but could be worse (10).

and to her critique group named LindaVijiJenConnieandOtherJen. When they write to her about her work, they always say what’s not clear, what to cut, what to tighten, what to add, and what to change. Then Mom is able to fail better. But only until she succeeds.

Meanwhile she has small successes along the way like seeing her new stories get more focused on their themes. And she gets to see her old stories go off in new directions.

we live with mr. beckets quote… and guess what? it is the one what always works… no word or encouraging can cheer us up more than mr. beckets words… and always if we fail better we feel like winners … YAY!

Hi Cutie Cupcake! Love you in your beautiful skirt and crown – Princess Cupcake rules! I think sidewalk naps WOULD be a lot more safe and comfy than street naps. We don’t want your butt burned any more than YOU do! I’m glad your Mom is getting good feedback from her critique groups – tweaks and re-writes are part of the writing game that’s for sure. We wish her tons of luck though.

Thanks, T. I enjoyed my sidewalk nap almost as much as my usual street naps. I even took a grass nap one day. That street was BLAZING hot these past few days. Lucky, I figured out a plan B. That said, Mom says she is tired of standing there like a jackass in the heat. #freemom

Failing better – we’re in! Like when we time our walk right when everyone else is out there & we have to wait for our favorite game of catch, then Chili lunges & misses the ball and Sadie just sits there. So much for our morning exercise! Hope the writing & revising goes well today!

Who wants to be “normal” when there’s all kinds of crazy you could be instead??? I hope you got lots of good yum yum treats and some of those scrambled eggs too for all your photo sessions. Joey dog would say, “two treats per photo session.” Those are the rules from the Yum Yum Coalition Guide to Doggie Employment. Good luck with all of your trying!

Hi C! I hide under the bench at the park, too, sometimes. Now that I am getting my brave on, I think I won’t do that so much anymore. Xena
I love to lay in the sun, too, Cupcake, but Mom would have a conniption if I laid in the street. What are sidewalks? Lucy

GAH! No sidewalks is a scary situation. Street naps are scary in a totally different way – more for Mom than for me. She watches for the cars and works at persuading me to move out of the way. She is also in charge of apologizing to the drivers and assuring them that I am alright (just a little nutty).

Cupcake, your adventures are what keeps me smiling. I love your descriptions of them. Your mms remarks about your feats of daring and doing, faithfully reported by you, are even more icing on the cake that send me here for dessert time after time. Tell Mom concatulations of 4! Better’n five; and 3 or less coming right up!

hello cupcake its dennis the vizsla dog hay this all sownds perfektly ok to me espeshly the part abowt tripping the waytress!!! tripping hyoomans wile they ar kerrying fud is a time onnord way of mayking them drop the fud so that us dogs kan git it!!! ha ha ok bye

MOL…I think you’re very normal, Cupcake, you look like me…MOL 😀 When you fail it’s a sign that you have try…try and try…try and try…you succeed at last🎶🎵🎶 🙊YAY for your mom, a 4 is more than half purrfect. Now let’s dance to that, Purrincess 🙂 Pawkisses for a Happy Week ahead 🙂 ❤